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For the second straight season, the Birmingham Barons won the Southern League championship. For the second straight season, we can get right into the numbers and individual stories, because we already discussed how it all came together for them as a team. By now everybody is well aware that the Birmingham offense found equilibrium by… The post 2025 Birmingham Barons season … [Read more...] about 2025 Birmingham Barons season review

After the Mariners outlasted the Tigers over 15 innings in their Game 5 to set the matchup with the Blue Jays in the ALCS on Friday, the Brewers took care of business in a still-tense-but-far-more-efficient manner Andrew Vaughn hit the second of those solo shots in the fourth inning to put the Brewers ahead 2-1, and five scoreless innings from Jacob Misiorowski and three … [Read more...] about Spare Parts: Andrew Vaughn, Milwaukee Brewers stretch further into October

By record, the Winston-Salem Dash were the least successful White Sox affiliate. They finished with the third-worst record in the South Atlantic League at 56-74, which was also good for the lowest winning percentage in the Sox system, but just like the major league club, an ugly record in one-run games (12-23) skewed the perceived quality of the product. The Dash ultimately … [Read more...] about 2025 Winston-Salem Dash season review

Because these affiliate reviews only cover the White Sox prospects who finished the year at the given level, the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers won't get credited for being the launching pad for some of the White Sox's happiest development stories of 2025. Caleb Bonemer, Braden Montgomery and Christian Oppor all started the season in Kannapolis, but they proved too talented to keep … [Read more...] about 2025 Kannapolis Cannon Ballers season review

As Jim referenced just a day earlier, Mike Tauchman was arguably the White Sox top offensive producer from their corner outfield mix in 2025. But the prospect of tendering a contract offer for his final year of arbitration eligibility isn't getting any stronger endorsement from White Sox leadership than that they're "openminded in bringing him back." Even if read as a purely … [Read more...] about White Sox outfield looks primed for turnover